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GUIDE FOR DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING CHILD WELFARE PRACTICE MODELSJan McCarthy, MSWPublished by National Child Welfare Resource Center for Organizational Improvement (NRCOI), Oct., 2012

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The Practice Model Guide:

• Offers a framework for developing, implementing and/or strengthening a family centered practice model

•Cites specific examples from the field and

•Provides additional information to help child welfare agencies and their partners make informed choices in selecting approaches to this important work

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Section 1: Developing a Practice Model

Section 2: Implementing a Practice Model

INTRODUCTION:Purpose and Definition (pg 1-2)

TWO SECTIONS:

Practice Models are the basic principles and

approaches that guide an agency’s work

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Section 1: DEVELOPING A PRACTICE MODEL (pg 3)

COMMON PRACTICE MODEL ELEMENTS Vision

Values and principlesWorksheet: Articulating Practice Model Principles (pg 55)

Determining outcomes and measuring performance

Core intervention components (skills)

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CORE INTERVENTION COMPONENTS (SKILLS) AND OUTCOMESWorksheet: Identifying Frontline Practice Skills (pg 5)

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Section 1: DEVELOPING A PRACTICE MODEL (continued)

Designing a Culturally Responsive and Inclusive Practice Model (pg 14)o Specific strategies that can be used at the

• Practice Level • Organizational Level

Managing Parallel Processes (pg 16)

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Section 2: IMPLEMENTING A PRACTICE MODEL (pg 17)

Implementation Definition

Introduces Implementation Frameworko Implementation Stageso Implementation Drivers

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Implementation Stages (pg 19)

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Implementation Stages: EXPLORATION (pg 19) Planning Processes (pg 20)

o The role of leadership o Assessing agency readiness (worksheet, pg 63)o Organizational readinesso Individual readinesso Creating readinesso Involving stakeholders in designing the practice model

Structures for planning and implementation (pg 25)o Core leadership teamso Workgroupso Communication systems

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Implementation Stages (continued)

PROGRAM DESIGN (INSTALLATION) (pg 29) Key activities (implementation drivers)

INITIAL IMPLEMENTATION (pg 30) Sequencing implementation

FULL IMPLEMENTATION (pg 32) Key activities as practice model is integrated into daily

practice

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iImplementation Drivers (pg 33)

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The remainder of the Guide…

Conclusion (pg 52)

• Resources (pg 55)o Worksheetso Additional state exampleso Links and Organizations for Ongoing Support

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Discussion…..

What rings true about the

processes described in the Guide

and what doesn’t? Specific examples of hurdles you

have overcome, or are currently

working on. Ideas for keeping the Practice

Model Peer Network examples

current and up to date?

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Contact Information

•Download the Guide here: 

http://www.nrcoi.org/strategic_pm.htm  •For more information or to request hard copies, contact Anne Comstock, acomstock@usm.maine.edu

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